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JavaScript URIError | Malformed URI Sequence

This JavaScript exception malformed URI sequence occurs if the encoding or decoding of URI is unsuccessful.

Message:

URIError: The URI to be encoded contains invalid character (Edge)
URIError: malformed URI sequence (Firefox)
URIError: URI malformed (Chrome)

Error Type:

URIError

Cause of the Error: This error is thrown as somewhere in the code, the URI encoding or decoding is unsuccessful.

Example 1: In this example, the value passed is not acceptable, therefore the error has occurred.

Javascript




// Error here
encodeURI('\uD810');


Output:

URIError: URI malformed

Example 2: In this example, the value passed is not acceptable, therefore the error has occurred.

Javascript




// Error here
decodeURIComponent('%E0%B4%A');


Output:

URIError: URI malformed
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